See also: د ق ع

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
د ف ع (d-f-ʕ)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /da.fa.ʕa/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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دَفَعَ (dafaʕa) I, non-past يَدْفَعُ‎ (yadfaʕu)

  1. to pay
  2. to push, to push away, to drive away
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Maltese: tefa’

Etymology 2

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Noun

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دَفْع (dafʕm

  1. verbal noun of دَفَعَ (dafaʕa) (form I)
  2. pay, payment
  3. push
  4. thrust, thrusting
  5. propulsion
Declension
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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic دَفْع (dafʕ).

Noun

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دفع (def, defi)

  1. repulsion
  2. expulsion
  3. (law) defense

Further reading

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  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “def”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دفع”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 574b

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
د ف ع
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic دَفَعَ (dafaʕa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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دفع (dafaʕ) I (present بدفع (bidfaʕ))

  1. to push
    Synonym: دفش (dafaš)
    Antonyms: سحب (saḥab), شدّ (šadd)
  2. to pay

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of دفع (dafaʕ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m دفعت (dafaʕt) دفعت (dafaʕt) دفع (dafaʕ) دفعنا (dafaʕna) دفعتو (dafaʕtu) دفعو (dafaʕu)
f دفعتي (dafaʕti) دفعت (dafʕat)
present m بدفع (badfaʕ) بتدفع (btidfaʕ) بدفع (bidfaʕ) مندفع (mnidfaʕ) بتدفعو (btidfaʕu) بدفعو (bidfaʕu)
f بتدفعي (btidfaʕi) بتدفع (btidfaʕ)
subjunctive m أدفع (ʔadfaʕ) تدفع (tidfaʕ) يدفع (yidfaʕ) ندفع (nidfaʕ) تدفعو (tidfaʕu) يدفعو (yidfaʕu)
f تدفعي (tidfaʕi) تدفع (tidfaʕ)
imperative m ادفع (idfaʕ) ادفعو (idfaʕu)
f ادفعي (idfaʕi)